Melanie Arntz
Biographic Data
| ID | 5918645 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melanie Arntz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Arntz |
| SIGNATURE | ARNTZ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for European Economic Research |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Computers as Stepping Stones? Technological Change and Equality of Labor Market Opportunities
This paper analyzes whether technological change improves equality of labor market opportunities by increasing the returns to skills relative to the returns to parental background. We find that in Germany during the 1990s, the introduction of computer technologies improved the access to technology-adopting occupations for workers with low-educated parents and reduced their wage penalty within these occupations. We also show that this significantl…
Do preferences for urban amenities differ by skill
By investing in urban amenities, city-level policies often aim to attract highly skilled workers. However, studies relying on revealed preferences struggle to provide causal evidence that skilled workers value urban amenities more than less skilled workers. Therefore, we use a stated-preference experiment with hypothetical job choices between two cities that differ in wages, urban amenities and economic dynamism. We find that respondents are will…
Revisiting the risk of automation
Can Regional Employment Disparities Explain the Allocation of Human Capital Across Space
Arntz M., Gregory T. and Lehmer F. Can regional employment disparities explain the allocation of human capital across space, Regional Studies. This paper examines the determinants of skill-selective regional migration in a context where modelling the migration decision as a wage-maximizing process may be insufficient due to persistent employment disparities. Based on a Borjas-type framework it is shown that high-skilled workers are disproportiona…
What Attracts Human Capital? Understanding the Skill Composition of Interregional Job Matches in Germany
Arntz M. What attracts human capital? Understanding the skill composition of interregional job matches in Germany, Regional Studies. By examining pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors in the destination choices of heterogeneous job movers, this paper tries to explain the skill composition of interregional job matches in Germany. It thus provides insights on how policy can affect the spatial allocation of human capital to promote convergence between…
Unemployment Duration in Germany
Arntz M. and Wilke R. A. Unemployment duration in Germany: individual and regional determinants of local job finding, migration and subsidized employment, Regional Studies. Recent labour market reforms in Germany aim, among other things, at reducing unemployment by restricting passive unemployment measures, emphasizing local labour market policies and restructuring public employment services. This paper uses extensive individual administrative an…
Constrained Geographical Mobility and Gendered Labor Market Outcomes Under Structural Adjustment
Constrained Geographical Mobility and Gendered Labor Market Outcomes Under Structural Adjustment
What Attracts Human Capital? Understanding the Skill Composition of Interregional Job Matches in Germany
Arntz M. What attracts human capital? Understanding the skill composition of interregional job matches in Germany, Regional Studies. By examining pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors in the destination choices of heterogeneous job movers, this paper tries to explain the skill composition of interregional job matches in Germany. It thus provides insights on how policy can affect the spatial allocation of human capital to promote convergence between…
Do preferences for urban amenities differ by skill
By investing in urban amenities, city-level policies often aim to attract highly skilled workers. However, studies relying on revealed preferences struggle to provide causal evidence that skilled workers value urban amenities more than less skilled workers. Therefore, we use a stated-preference experiment with hypothetical job choices between two cities that differ in wages, urban amenities and economic dynamism. We find that respondents are will…
Can Regional Employment Disparities Explain the Allocation of Human Capital Across Space
Arntz M., Gregory T. and Lehmer F. Can regional employment disparities explain the allocation of human capital across space, Regional Studies. This paper examines the determinants of skill-selective regional migration in a context where modelling the migration decision as a wage-maximizing process may be insufficient due to persistent employment disparities. Based on a Borjas-type framework it is shown that high-skilled workers are disproportiona…
Unemployment Duration in Germany
Arntz M. and Wilke R. A. Unemployment duration in Germany: individual and regional determinants of local job finding, migration and subsidized employment, Regional Studies. Recent labour market reforms in Germany aim, among other things, at reducing unemployment by restricting passive unemployment measures, emphasizing local labour market policies and restructuring public employment services. This paper uses extensive individual administrative an…
Constrained Geographical Mobility and Gendered Labor Market Outcomes Under Structural Adjustment
Unemployment Duration in Germany
Arntz M. and Wilke R. A. Unemployment duration in Germany: individual and regional determinants of local job finding, migration and subsidized employment, Regional Studies. Recent labour market reforms in Germany aim, among other things, at reducing unemployment by restricting passive unemployment measures, emphasizing local labour market policies and restructuring public employment services. This paper uses extensive individual administrative an…
What Attracts Human Capital? Understanding the Skill Composition of Interregional Job Matches in Germany
Arntz M. What attracts human capital? Understanding the skill composition of interregional job matches in Germany, Regional Studies. By examining pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors in the destination choices of heterogeneous job movers, this paper tries to explain the skill composition of interregional job matches in Germany. It thus provides insights on how policy can affect the spatial allocation of human capital to promote convergence between…
Can Regional Employment Disparities Explain the Allocation of Human Capital Across Space
Arntz M., Gregory T. and Lehmer F. Can regional employment disparities explain the allocation of human capital across space, Regional Studies. This paper examines the determinants of skill-selective regional migration in a context where modelling the migration decision as a wage-maximizing process may be insufficient due to persistent employment disparities. Based on a Borjas-type framework it is shown that high-skilled workers are disproportiona…
Revisiting the risk of automation
Do preferences for urban amenities differ by skill
By investing in urban amenities, city-level policies often aim to attract highly skilled workers. However, studies relying on revealed preferences struggle to provide causal evidence that skilled workers value urban amenities more than less skilled workers. Therefore, we use a stated-preference experiment with hypothetical job choices between two cities that differ in wages, urban amenities and economic dynamism. We find that respondents are will…
Computers as Stepping Stones? Technological Change and Equality of Labor Market Opportunities
This paper analyzes whether technological change improves equality of labor market opportunities by increasing the returns to skills relative to the returns to parental background. We find that in Germany during the 1990s, the introduction of computer technologies improved the access to technology-adopting occupations for workers with low-educated parents and reduced their wage penalty within these occupations. We also show that this significantl…
Economics (7 works) · Labour economics (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (4 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (4 works) · Unemployment (4 works) · Regional Development and Policy (3 works) · Wage (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)